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Committee hears concerns about ISP copper-to-fiber transition; industry says rollout underway
Summary
House Bill 166 would establish a legislative committee to review internet service providers' plans to transition from copper networks to fiber. Witnesses said carriers have active plans and federal reporting obligations; proponents framed the bill as a transparency exercise to surface technical or market risks.
Representative Keith Ammon (pinch-hitting for the prime sponsor) described HB 166 as a sunlight exercise: a legislative committee would review internet service providers’ infrastructure transition plans from copper to fiber to ensure conversions do not create service disruptions or leave rural customers behind.
"A whistleblower from an ISP came forward and said that there is an inevitable progression from copper to fiber... but that the plan is obviously too aggressive and that if attempted as intended, it might lead to outages, particularly in rural areas," Representative Ammon summarized…
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